Evening Reading: Hebrews 4.14-16 NLT

^“So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.” Hebrews 4.14-16 NLT

PDL 13 – Worship that Pleases God

“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12.28 ESV

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12.30 ESV

Day 13 of 40: Offering “God acceptable worship” is worshiping in a way that pleases God. What pleases God in worship? It’s not so much a question of “what” as “how.”

“Our God is a consuming fire”… so tread carefully – with reverence and awe. Our God wants us to love Him with all we have – “heart… soul… mind… and strength”… so give Him all you’ve got.

Today’s reading is instructive and practical. Warren notes that God-pleasing worship has four characteristics: Continue reading “PDL 13 – Worship that Pleases God” →

Pray for the Nepal Church

May 2 | Nepal

Although Christians live in relative freedom, they do not escape discrimination and occasional harassment in the villages. From time to time, there are assaults against churches.

Please do not cease praying for the church in Nepal; pray for pastors and believers to be watchful and discerning of the times.

“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” (Col. 4:2)

Morning Reading: 1 John 5.13-15 ESV

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.”
1 John 5.13-15 ESV